Example sentences of "would [vb infin] be worse " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undoubtedly the people left behind can experience immense dislocation , amounting in extreme cases to complete social and economic dereliction , but with no economic base to support a larger rural population , conditions would have been worse if those who moved to the towns had chosen to remain in the countryside . |
| 2 | But the English would have been worse . ’ |
| 3 | Obscurely , she felt that if only she had known before things might have been different , but then common sense told her that yes , things might have been different : probably they would have been worse . |
| 4 | But that would have been worse , she thought , desperately trying to produce some lining to a cloud that hung heavy and black over her . |
| 5 | There is no doubt at all that without the peacekeeping force the war would have been worse than it was . |
| 6 | She was n't sure which would have been worse — open , lustful leering , or the teasing mockery she 'd just been subjected to . |
| 7 | Sooner or later she would have found out for herself , and the interrogation would have been worse still if she 'd thought Rory was trying to keep her in the dark about such a momentous event in her life . |
| 8 | His injuries would have been worse but for Territorial Army training supervisor Mr Colin Wilberforce , who risked his life to drag Mr Samson away before the grenade exploded . |
| 9 | He also admitted beating Mr Leyland , although the injuries would have been worse if his friends had not intervened . |